John Giles

Independent Consultant and Author of "The Data Elephant in the Board Room"

Bio

John Giles is an independent consultant, with a passion for seeing ideas taken to fruition. Commencing in IT in the late 1960s as a developer, the last few decades have focussed on data modelling, from the project level through to the enterprise level. Data integration has been an increasing focus of his clients, leading to quality-at-speed delivery of “Data Town Plans” to something like 20 organisations. For more on Data Town Plans, you may like to read John’s latest book, The Data Elephant in the Board Room.

Previous Community Presentations

Better Data Vault? Easier Data Vault? Actually, a lot more than Data Vault

Blending decades of experience with his town‑planning metaphor, John Giles explains how robust conceptual models and reusable patterns can transform Data Vault into a business‑friendly, scalable approach that works far beyond analytics.

Data Vault success? It starts with the business model!

Data Vault outcomes are shaped early by how well business concepts are structured, linking domain understanding to scalable architectural design decisions.